During the Ming dynasty in China (1368 to 1644 CE) loose leaf tea began replacing tea bricks, as the emperor at the time came from an impoverished background and understood how laborious it was ...
What is Chinese tea made up of? Essentially, all Chinese tea comes from the Camella Sinsenis plant. But what separates different teas is the way that they are processed. While the Western world ...
Herbal tea, or leung cha in Cantonese, is a concoction of medicinal herbs based on traditional Chinese medicine formulas. In 2006, herbal tea was selected as part of Hong Kong’s intangible ...
Explorer Jeff Fuchs travels to tea forests in China’s southern Yunnan province in search of a perfect cup of tea. Most of the world’s teas are grown on plantations on bushes arranged in ...
Chinese dark tea has now evolved into a trendsetting force in the tea beverage market across countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. "Drinking and storing tea has become a fashion in ...